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my guy won the race, came down to washington. i became his chief of staff at 24 years old or something like that. i was horrible, just horrible. you know what? i was really good at campaigns. i was terrible at administration. so when they started talking about all the detailed stuff that you go through before you get to there, the media stuff, that is something you pay attention to in a campaign. so i decided campaigns were for me, and i kept working for the republican national party and other organizations. i worked for dirk's company who did ronald reagan's polling. i have worked offering from city council race ns cincinnati, ohio, to ukraine to the first democratic polls in south africa. i have done work all over the world. i have worked in every state but won. i have not worked in wyoming yet. this experience you are going to go through is incredible. this is how i got started. this is how my partner, glen, got started. it is really terrific that all of you are here. i wish there were more republicans, but i can understand. t
my guy won the race, came down to washington. i became his chief of staff at 24 years old or something like that. i was horrible, just horrible. you know what? i was really good at campaigns. i was terrible at administration. so when they started talking about all the detailed stuff that you go through before you get to there, the media stuff, that is something you pay attention to in a campaign. so i decided campaigns were for me, and i kept working for the republican national party and other...
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we just wondered where washington's stance is on our steel mill. thank you. >> well, i was talking to your mayor about this. obviously he's a big advocate for manufacturing in the region. i do not have all the details in terms of what's happening at the steel mill at this moment. but what we've done is we've set up an office in the white house just focused on manufacturing, because it is my view that america's got to make things. [applause] not all the manufacturing jobs that have gone are going to come back. and if people tell you they are, that's just not true -- because a lot of that has moved to places where the wages are just much lower. and i know that some people say, well, then we should just set up tariffs so that folks can't ship them in. but these days the economy, the global economy is so interconnected that that's just not a practical solution. the solution is to find -- and i don't know the details of the steel mill here -- but i know that the ones that have been successful, they do what emc is doing as well, which is you find what's
we just wondered where washington's stance is on our steel mill. thank you. >> well, i was talking to your mayor about this. obviously he's a big advocate for manufacturing in the region. i do not have all the details in terms of what's happening at the steel mill at this moment. but what we've done is we've set up an office in the white house just focused on manufacturing, because it is my view that america's got to make things. [applause] not all the manufacturing jobs that have gone...
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here, marching on washington. reminding us that the constitution says that we all have the right to life. thank you. for your courage, your dedication, and most of all, for loving america and loving our lord. god bless you. god bless the indicted states of america. may god protect the unborn. >> good afternoon. i am from the state of pennsylvania. it is such an honor to join some many champions better here fighting to defend life as we speak -- to defend life. as we speak, abortion has increased since 10 years ago. the abortionists are losing. we stand a gather on this day and every day for those that have no voice. for those whose basic right to be born has been cruelly denied. we stand here today with the principles put forth formally and soundly by the founders of the nation that every american, born, and yet to be born, has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. they defend the right to life. thank you for the privilege of marching with you today, and god bless the unborn. >> thank you very
here, marching on washington. reminding us that the constitution says that we all have the right to life. thank you. for your courage, your dedication, and most of all, for loving america and loving our lord. god bless you. god bless the indicted states of america. may god protect the unborn. >> good afternoon. i am from the state of pennsylvania. it is such an honor to join some many champions better here fighting to defend life as we speak -- to defend life. as we speak, abortion has...
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. >> washington journal taking your calls and emails live every morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> monday on the communicators. rod beckstrom on c-span 2. >> after a while, i really think it's gone. you've lost it. you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing. it hurts. my possessions are now in a storage bin. this week on "q&a." american casino. the award winning documentry on the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities. >> now a look at 2010 hosted by the economist magazine. we'll show you four parts of this conference. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> sometimes, somebody else's misfortune to lose your benefit i am in the lucky position of being one of those lucky beneficiaries. meanwhile, i did to spend time with four of my heroes. this is going to be a great treat for me and i hope it will be a great treat for you and the panelists. as we think about 2010, it is great to think about all the innovation that will be happening. these four people are reasons to be optimistic. and dean cain -- it did not come here by segue, but could have if h
. >> washington journal taking your calls and emails live every morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> monday on the communicators. rod beckstrom on c-span 2. >> after a while, i really think it's gone. you've lost it. you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing. it hurts. my possessions are now in a storage bin. this week on "q&a." american casino. the award winning documentry on the impact of subprime mortgages on minorities. >> now a...
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[applause] that's what i came to washington to do. that's why for the first time in history my administration posts on our whitehouse visitors online. that's why we have excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on boards and commissions. but we can't stop there. it's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or with congress. it's time to put strict limits on contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for office. with all due deference to separation of powers, last week the supreme court reversed a century of law that i believe will open the flood gates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit there our elections. [applause] i don't think american elections should be bankrolled by america's most powerful interests. or worse, by foreign entities. they should be decided by the american people. and i would urge democrats and republicans to pass a bill that helps correct some of these problems. i'm also calling on congress
[applause] that's what i came to washington to do. that's why for the first time in history my administration posts on our whitehouse visitors online. that's why we have excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on boards and commissions. but we can't stop there. it's time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or with congress. it's time to put strict limits on contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for office....
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here at george washington university. they will be hosting this panel on a new media. i want to introduce you to the moderator in the center seat and allow him to introduce his panel. he works at the graduate school the university and works in new media and marketing. he's the founder of p oliticsunder30.org. he is in charge of the politics on-line conference this year. two years ago bryce was in one of these seats as part of " insider washington 2008." he is a long like you will be in a matter of hours. -- he is an alum. >> how is everyone doing this morning? we are here at the graduate school of political management at george washington university four blocks from the white house in the center of politics. what will we talk about this morning? we are going to talk about new media and it is a wide subject. what i thought i would do is that i would start out with the landscape. today, as americans, we have access to over one trillion web sites. just on your iphone alone, you have access to 65,000 apps. every minute, accor
here at george washington university. they will be hosting this panel on a new media. i want to introduce you to the moderator in the center seat and allow him to introduce his panel. he works at the graduate school the university and works in new media and marketing. he's the founder of p oliticsunder30.org. he is in charge of the politics on-line conference this year. two years ago bryce was in one of these seats as part of " insider washington 2008." he is a long like you will be...
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up next, it's "washington journal." at 10:00 eastern on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. scomplaret, a look at thursday's stament by president obama on the attempted bombing of christmas day flight 253 from amsterdam to detroit. .
up next, it's "washington journal." at 10:00 eastern on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. scomplaret, a look at thursday's stament by president obama on the attempted bombing of christmas day flight 253 from amsterdam to detroit. .
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[laughter] with two of the smartest interpreters of such things in washington, jim hoagland of the washington post and jim eisenstaedt. with that, it's a pleasure to welcome to the washington institute. [applause] what i say is pretty and the analyzed. >> it is a great opportunity to be with you here this afternoon and i very much look forward to your questions i will make a few comments. maybe i will start with the jon stewart show last evening in new york. someone asked me why i would do that. the answer "quite frankly is very simple, is evidence is basically a 18-25-year-old and a get an awful lot of their news from him. /yat a higher level, in terms of my own communications in a world where things are moving so rapidly and changing constantly, however communicate and how we communicate and how we begin to understand our younger generations are communicating is really the reason i did that. i worked to get on other mediums to, in fact, communicate and also try to listen. i was taken in watching the show before i went on that jon -- and many of you have not seen it -- i am assuming -- [laug
[laughter] with two of the smartest interpreters of such things in washington, jim hoagland of the washington post and jim eisenstaedt. with that, it's a pleasure to welcome to the washington institute. [applause] what i say is pretty and the analyzed. >> it is a great opportunity to be with you here this afternoon and i very much look forward to your questions i will make a few comments. maybe i will start with the jon stewart show last evening in new york. someone asked me why i would...
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at 7:00 eastern, it's washington. top thicks morning include budget shortfalls in several states and the political outlook in the light of the 2010 elections. after "washington journal" this morning, on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. >> a discussion now on the chemical herbicide agent orange. it was useded in massive quantities by the u.s. military in vietnam, where that government is now demanding compensation for damages. it's also believed to have caused serious medical conditions in thousands of american soldiers who served in vietnam. the new america foundation and washington monthly magazine hosted this event. it's about an hour and a half. >> thanks for coming. we're here today to discuss a special report just released in the current issue of the washington monthly called the agent orange boomer rang, which you can read at washingtonmonthly.com. i just to want thank new america, thank the staff of th
at 7:00 eastern, it's washington. top thicks morning include budget shortfalls in several states and the political outlook in the light of the 2010 elections. after "washington journal" this morning, on "news makers," i.r.s. commissioner douglas shulman on how his organization is planning for the tax season and future changes for tax preparers. >> a discussion now on the chemical herbicide agent orange. it was useded in massive quantities by the u.s. military in...
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center brings thousands of students to washington, d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. the this weekend they'll discuss politics, government and their futures. q and a tonight at 8:00 on c span. >> the leaders of the pentagon inquiry into the fort hood shooting testified before the senate armed services committee hearing this week. they discussed the events leading up to the shooting and the immediate aftermath and how military basis could prevent future violence. this is about two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to consider the findings of the independent panel appointed by the secretary of defense following the tragedy at fort hood. the primary objective of the panel was to quote, determine whether there are programs, policies, or procedural weaknesses witness the department of defense that hurts the safety of the employees and families, closed quote. today's hearing is on the unrestricted report. a restricted annex entitled oversight of the alleged perpetrator. it f
center brings thousands of students to washington, d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. the this weekend they'll discuss politics, government and their futures. q and a tonight at 8:00 on c span. >> the leaders of the pentagon inquiry into the fort hood shooting testified before the senate armed services committee hearing this week. they discussed the events leading up to the shooting and the immediate aftermath and how military basis could prevent future violence....
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this took place at the peterson institute for international economics in washington. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. birdsall, the president for the center of global development. and we are absolutely delighted to host secretary of state hillary rodham clinton here at the center. we are eager to hear what she will say about the administration's ongoing effort to strengthen u.s. global development policy and programs. it is really great to see this crowd. this is the day of development. i am particularly pleased to have with me here today might to co-founders of the center -- my two co-founders of the center, the light just had the honor of introducing to the secretary. as many of you know, the center is all about improving the policies and practices of the rich world toward the world of the poor. in the rich world, no country matters more and has more on realize potential to make a difference than our own usa. and doing this well is certainly in our own interest. with my colleagues, i set up this argument last year in a book that i had the pleasure of giving to the
this took place at the peterson institute for international economics in washington. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. birdsall, the president for the center of global development. and we are absolutely delighted to host secretary of state hillary rodham clinton here at the center. we are eager to hear what she will say about the administration's ongoing effort to strengthen u.s. global development policy and programs. it is really great to see this crowd. this is the day of development. i am...
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we'll be back tomorrow 7:00 eastern for washington journal. tomorrow, we'll talk with a guest from penn state university. flynt leverett. and charlie cook, stu rothenberg. enjoy your saturday and we'll see you here tomorrow. . . >> we talked to the head of the nonprofit agency that manages internet names and addresses. then a forum by "the economist" magazine. the economy and the environment. >> today on "america and the courts," an interview with supreme court clerk william suter at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on "in department." take your calls, emails and tweets, three hours on sunday live at noon eastern on book tv. >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion about the internet with rod beck strom -- beckstrom. >> this week, we are pleased to have the president and c.e.o. of icam. start by explaining what ican. assigned names and numbers and four things that that we do, we set the global policies for 200 million internet domain names. all names have to be unique.
we'll be back tomorrow 7:00 eastern for washington journal. tomorrow, we'll talk with a guest from penn state university. flynt leverett. and charlie cook, stu rothenberg. enjoy your saturday and we'll see you here tomorrow. . . >> we talked to the head of the nonprofit agency that manages internet names and addresses. then a forum by "the economist" magazine. the economy and the environment. >> today on "america and the courts," an interview with supreme court...
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you were in a very posh, washington restaurant. the waiter dumped your real in your lap. -- the waiter to dump your meal in your lap. [laughter] >> he said he had never done that before. what do you think about that? senator mccain when he was running for president was calling for that. there's a lot of discussion about the cadillac plans and the difference between the chevrolet and the cadillac. >> i agree with you on the cadillac plan. that would provide a fixed dollar amount or tax credit for plans. to really get the revenue and say to firms that you are on the own and this is not tax deductible at all, i think he would end up being criticized. you are trying to keep this balancing act where firms provide employee health insurance. if you no longer give them the benefit, many more will just say, "find." -- many more will just say, "fine." he would have a public defacto planned -- you would have a public defacto plan. i think that is the balancing act they are falling. i agree with you. i am a big proponent of the cadillac tax. >
you were in a very posh, washington restaurant. the waiter dumped your real in your lap. -- the waiter to dump your meal in your lap. [laughter] >> he said he had never done that before. what do you think about that? senator mccain when he was running for president was calling for that. there's a lot of discussion about the cadillac plans and the difference between the chevrolet and the cadillac. >> i agree with you on the cadillac plan. that would provide a fixed dollar amount or...
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[applause] >> each year, the washington center brings dozens of students to washington d.c. to experience the work of our government first can. this weekend, they discussed politics, government, and their futures. >> we are joined by the authors of "game change." i heard you had a list of things you thought would make news in this book. it has been out of here for some time now. what on the list are you surprised that? when john and i set out to write the book, we hope it would be interesting book to read an interesting story. but we were also going for breaking news because we thought there were things that were uncovered during the campaign. i will give you one. john will have others. sarah palin was picked by john mccain and people were shocked when it happened to that time, the campaign said that she had been on consideration for a long time and receive as much of a background check, so-called vetting, as any of the other people john mccain considered. there is skepticism about that at the time did not of the political journalism parade moved on and there were other thin
[applause] >> each year, the washington center brings dozens of students to washington d.c. to experience the work of our government first can. this weekend, they discussed politics, government, and their futures. >> we are joined by the authors of "game change." i heard you had a list of things you thought would make news in this book. it has been out of here for some time now. what on the list are you surprised that? when john and i set out to write the book, we hope it...
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in washington because we have two camps. we should isolate the farmers from the locals, especially from the taliban -- but foreigners from the locals, especially from the taliban. what is our goal in afghanistan? i would say that there are three. one is to provide security. second is to help them develop good governance. and third, to stimulate their economy. ok, so let's look at each one intern. in terms of security, i believe that we will improve security. it could even temporarily prevent a civil war within afghanistan. in terms of good governance, well, and what do i mean by good governance? it provides justice, something that the karzai government did pretty well, actually. which is why it had some popularity. they do not like the taliban but they did like the fairness and a lack of corruption. their resolution and a reduction of nepotism that you find in any local initiative. unfortunately for us, this is up to the afghans to do. we cannot import our institution from the top. from my own experience with the afghans, an
in washington because we have two camps. we should isolate the farmers from the locals, especially from the taliban -- but foreigners from the locals, especially from the taliban. what is our goal in afghanistan? i would say that there are three. one is to provide security. second is to help them develop good governance. and third, to stimulate their economy. ok, so let's look at each one intern. in terms of security, i believe that we will improve security. it could even temporarily prevent a...
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"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> co-chairs of the 9/11 commission discuss intelligence failures leading up to the northwest flight 253 attempted bombing. . . ç>> the hearing will come to order. this is the second in a series of hearings will examine where the intelligence reforms in the wake of the attack of 9/11 are working. to examine the reforms in the to examine the reforms in the orist attacks and the ongoing threat in what we have done earlier may need further reform so that we cannot fulfill our responsibility to protect the homeland security of the american people. i want to go back to last week's first before we focus on this one. i very much appreciated the fact all of the witnesses in last week's hearings, and dennis blair, janet napolitano, all acknowledge that mistakes were made with regard to the christmas day attack on the plane over detroit. all three offered to work with each other and with this committee to make our existing terrorist -- counter terrorist quicker and harder to penetrat
"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> co-chairs of the 9/11 commission discuss intelligence failures leading up to the northwest flight 253 attempted bombing. . . ç>> the hearing will come to order. this is the second in a series of hearings will examine where the intelligence reforms in the wake of the attack of 9/11 are working. to examine the reforms in the to examine the reforms in the orist attacks and the ongoing threat in what we have done earlier may...
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from today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. host: we welcome the author of the book "cuba wars." you say the united states and cuba remain in a war that will likely persist. he said the election of barack obama has created new possibilities, but these events have not measured in a new beginning of our relations with cuba. guest: what you have seen over time the forces for continuity remain extremely strong. one part of this is the cuban government itself. more than 51 years have passed since he first took power. he extended power to his brother but wall castraul castro. overtime, the policy has yielded much in a result. be used to have a substantial amount of political support. what you see right now are changes in the nuances of the cuban relationship but not over a certain amount of time. host: george w. bush was the 10th u.s. president to spar with fidel castro. guest: fidel castro took power when he was 32 years old in 1959. one of the great stories of cuban politics over the last century is his capacity to send an external
from today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. host: we welcome the author of the book "cuba wars." you say the united states and cuba remain in a war that will likely persist. he said the election of barack obama has created new possibilities, but these events have not measured in a new beginning of our relations with cuba. guest: what you have seen over time the forces for continuity remain extremely strong. one part of this is the cuban government itself....
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...